Biography

Joséphine Sacabo lives and works mostly in New Orleans, where she has been strongly influenced by the unique ambience of the city. She is a native of Laredo, Texas, and was educated at Bard College, New York. Previous to coming to New Orleans, she lived and worked extensively in France and England. Her earlier work was in the photo-journalisitic tradition, influenced by Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. She now works in a very subjective, introspective style. She uses poetry as the genesis of her work and lists poets as her most important influences, among them Rilke, Baudelaire, Pedro Salinas, Vincente Huiobro, and Juan Rulfo, Mallarmé, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 1976 Deville Gallery, New Orleans
  • 1979 Historic New Orleans Collection
  • 1981 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
  • 1983 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
  • 1985 Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans
  • 1988 Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans
  • 1990 Gallery Junod, Lausanne
  • 1990 Portfolio Gallery, London
  • 1991 Galerie Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Paris
  • 1991 Mario Villa Gallery, Chicago
  • 1992 Galerie du Château D’Eau, Toulouse
  • 1993 Galeria El Cadejo, Antigua, Guatemala
  • 1993 A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans
  • 1994 Louisiana State University Gallery
  • 1995 American Cultural Center, Brussels
  • 1997 A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans
  • 1998 Sol Del Rio Gallery, Guatemala City
  • 1998 Gallery of Contemporary Photography,
    Santa Barbara, CA
  • 1998 Photo España 98, Madrid
  • 1998 Foto Septiembre, Puebla, Mexico
  • 1999 Galeria Del Teatro, Buenos Aires
  • 1999 Centro Del Imagen, Mexico
  • 2000 Photo Fusion Gallery, West Palm Beach
  • 2001 Woodstock Center for Photography, New York
  • 2002 A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans
  • 2003 Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
  • 2003 A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans
  • 2004 John Stevenson Gallery, New York
  • 2005 Verve Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2005 John Stevenson Gallery, New York
  • 2005 Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London, UK
  • 2007 Galeria Pergola, San Miguel de Allende, MX
  • 2008 Verve Fine Arts, Santa Fé New Mexico
  • 2008 A Gallery for Fine Photography,
    New Orleans, LA.
  • 2008 Hallmark Museum of Photography,
    Turner Falls, Mass.
  • 2008 Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY
  • 2009 Galeria Pergola, San Miguel de Allende, MX
  • 2010 Instituto Cultural de Mexico, San Antonio, TX
  • 2010 Galería Pergola, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico
  • 2010 Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
  • 2011 Verve Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fé, NM
  • 2011 A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
  • 2011 Ogden Museum of Southern Art,
    New Orleans, LA

Awards

  • 1983 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
    1st Prize
  • 1984 Louisiana Photography Fellowship
  • 1985 New Orleans Academy of the Fine Arts
    Best of Show
  • 1986 Louisiana State University, Best of Show
  • 1994 Artist in Residence Ecole National
    de la Photographie, Arles
  • 1996 Workshop Director, Rencontres Internationales
    de la Photographie, Arles

Monographs

  • 2004 Duino Elegies, 21ST Publishing
  • 2002 Pedro Paramo, University of Texas Press
  • 2002 Cante Jondo, 21ST Publishing
  • 1991 Un Femme Habitée, Editions Marval, Paris

Selected Publications

  • AG Darkroom and Photography, London, England
  • American Photographer, New York
  • Art in America
  • B & W Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Camera Arts Magazine
  • Cliché, Paris/Brussels, France
  • Il Fotoamatore, Italy
  • London Magazine
  • Louisiana Cultural Vistas
  • Partenaire, Paris
  • Photo Metro, San Francisco
  • Popular Photography, New York
  • London Magazine, London, England
  • Louisiana Cultural Vistas
  • Partenaire, Paris
  • Vis-á-Vis International, Paris
  • London Sunday Times Magazine
  • Zoom Magazine

Selected Exhibitions

  • 1975-1983 Contemporary Arts Center,
    New Orleans, LA
  • 1976 Deville Gallery, New Orleans, LA
  • 1977 Soho Photographic Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1979 Historic New Orleans Collection,
    New Orleans, LA
  • 1981 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
  • 1983 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
  • 1984 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
    Winston-Salem, NC
  • 1985 New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts,
    New Orleans, LA
  • 1985 Mario Villa Gallery,
    New Orleans, LA
  • 1986 New Orleans Museum of Art,
    New Orleans, LA
  • 1988 Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
  • 1988 Torino Biennale, Torino, Italy
  • 1988-1990 New Orleans Museum of Art,
    New Orleans, LA
  • 1990 Gallery Junod, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1990 Portfolio Gallery,
    London, England
  • 1991 Galerie Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Paris
  • 1991 Mario Villa Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 1991 Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Richmond, VA
  • 1991 Picture House, Leiscester, England
  • 1991 Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, England
  • 1991 Galerie du Château D’Eau, Toulouse, France
  • 1992 Galerie du Château D’Eau, Toulouse, France
  • 1993 Galeria El Cadejo, Antigua, Guatemala
  • 1993 A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
  • 1994 Louisiana State University Gallery, Hammond, LA
  • 1995 American Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1995 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
  • 1997 A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
  • 1998 Sole Del Rio Gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • 1998 Gallery of Contemporary Photography,
    Santa Monica, CA
  • 1998 Photo España ‘98, Madrid, Spain
  • 1998 Foto Septiembre, Puebla, Mexico
  • 1999 Galeria Del Teatro, San Martin, Buenos Aires
  • 1999 Centro Del Imagen, traveling exhibit, Mexico
  • 2000 Photo Fusion Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
  • 2000 Steven L. Clark Gallery, Austin, TX
  • 2001 Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
  • 2002 Steven L. Clark Gallery, Austin, TX
  • 2003 “Lessons from the Shadows,”
    Catherine Edelman Gallery,
    Chicago, IL
  • 2005 “Geometry of Echoes,”
    John Stevenson Gallery,
    New York, NY
  • 2007 “Susana San Juan,” Galeria Pergola,
    San Miguel de Allende, MX

Selected Permanent Collections

  • ARCO Corporation
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris, France
  • Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • George Eastman House
  • Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA
  • Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
  • International Museum of Photography
    at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
  • Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • Lykes Steamship Company
  • Maison Europeanne de la Photographie, Paris, France
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
  • New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
  • Paris Audio-Visual, Paris, France
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, D.C.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
  • Wittliff Collection of Southwestern
    and Mexican Art, San Marcos, TX